Australia Prime Minister

Below is a list of Prime Ministers of Australia by name, date assumed office, date left office, and political party. The parties shown are those to which the Prime Ministers belonged at the time they held office. Several Prime Ministers belonged to parties other than those given before and after their prime ministerships.

Name Took office Left office Party Total Time In Office
1 Edmund Barton 1 January 1901 24 September 1903 Protectionist 2 years, 8 months, 24 days
2 Alfred Deakin 24 September 1903 27 April 1904 Protectionist 0 years, 7 months, 4 days
3 Chris Watson 27 April 1904 18 August 1904 Labor 0 years, 3 months, 21 days
4 Sir George Reid 18 August 1904 5 July 1905 Free Trade 0 years,10 months, 18 days
- Alfred Deakin 5 July 1905 13 November 1908 Commonwealth Liberal 3 years, 4 months, 9 days
5 Andrew Fisher 13 November 1908 2 June 1909 Labor 0 years, 6 months, 21 days
- Alfred Deakin 2 June 1909 29 April 1910 Commonwealth Liberal 0 years, 10 months, 28 days
- Andrew Fisher 29 April 1910 24 June 1913 Labor 3 years, 1 month, 26 days
6 Joseph Cook 24 June 1913 17 September 1914 Commonwealth Liberal 1 year, 2 months, 25 days
- Andrew Fisher 17 September 1914 27 October 1915 Labor 1 year, 1 month, 11 days
7 Billy Hughes 27 October 1915 9 February 1923 Labor 7 years, 3 months, 14 days
8 Stanley Bruce 9 February 1923 22 October 1929 Nationalist 6 years, 8 months, 14 days
9 James Scullin 22 October 1929 6 January 1932 Labor 2 years, 2 months, 16 days
10 Joseph Lyons 6 January 1932 7 April 1939 United Australia 7 years, 3 months, 2 days
11 Sir Earle Page 7 April 1939 26 April 1939 Country 0 years, 0 months, 20 days
12 Robert Menzies 26 April 1939 28 August 1941 United Australia 2 years, 4 months, 4 days
13 Arthur Fadden 28 August 1941 7 October 1941 Country 0 years, 1 month, 9 days
14 John Curtin 7 October 1941 5 July 1945 Labor 3 years, 8 months, 29 days
15 Frank Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945 Labor 0 years, 0 months, 8 days
16 Ben Chifley 13 July 1945 19 December 1949 Labor 4 years, 5 months, 7 days
- Sir Robert Menzies 19 December 1949 26 January 1966 Liberal 16 years, 1 month, 8 days
17 Harold Holt 26 January 1966 19 December[3]) 1967 Liberal 1 year, 10 months, 23 days
18 John McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968 Country 0 years, 0 months, 23 days
19 John Gorton 10 January 1968 10 March 1971 Liberal 3 years, 2 months, 0 days
20 William McMahon 10 March 1971 5 December 1972 Liberal 1 year, 8 months, 25 days
21 Gough Whitlam 5 December 1972 11 November 1975 Labor 2 years, 11 months, 7 days
22 Malcolm Fraser 11 November 1975 11 March 1983 Liberal 7 years, 4 months, 0 days
23 Bob Hawke 11 March 1983 20 December 1991 Labor 8 years, 9 months, 10 days
24 Paul Keating 20 December 1991 11 March 1996 Labor 4 years, 2 months, 20 days
25 John Howard 11 March 1996 Incumbent Liberal Currently in Office

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